Bag-holder



(No Model.) I

M. W. MORTON.

1 BAG HOLDER. No. 575,403. Patented Jan. 19, 1897.

Witnezssas: 1 Inuan'tor,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN \V. MORTON, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 575,403, dated January19, 1897. Application filed February 21, 1895. Serial No. 539,189- (Nomodel.)

To (all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, MARTIN W. MoR'roN, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo and Stateof Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bag-holders.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a simple, cheap, andeffective bagholder that can be used almost anywhere and will answer itspurpose perfectly; second, to provide a bag-holder which will hold a bagsecurely without danger of tearing the same; third, to provide abag-holder which is portable and is quick and convenient to apply anduse almost anywhere; fourth, to provide a simple holder which will beeffective without tearing or puncturing the material of the bag. Iaccomplish these objects of my invention by the device shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a perspective view of myimproved bag-holder in use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the samewithout the bag attached. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the samespecially adapted for use upon trucks.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

My improved bag-holder consists of double bows of spring-wire B B C G.The bows B are made of a single piece of wire, which at the center isbent to form a hook portion D for supporting the bag-holder. This hookportion D can be inserted into a staple N on the wall anywhere or can behooked over a board, as the side of a bin, if found convenient. Theouter ends of the bows B spread apart and are bent downwardly andoutwardly into the short hook portions 0. The bows O O are looped aroundthe shanks of the hook D at it and extend along parallel with the bows Band are wound around the same at u a, and the ends are extendedforwardly and are bent into downwardly and outwardly curved hooks it 11,similar to the hooks r. In use the outer ends bearing the hook portionsr and r and n and a spread wide apart.

The bagholder is hooked into the staple N or over the edge of the bin H,and the bag is applied by first hooking the back of it over the hooks nn, then drawing the outer ends of the bows B B together and allowing thehooks 7- to engage in the outside, as indicated, and the application inthis way will hold any kind of a grain-bag whether there is a hem in itor not. By simply springing the bows a little any-sized sack or bag willbe held in proper position for use.

The bag-holder will be found to be eifective Without bending the ends ofthe bows down at 1' and u, but will be found much better by so formingthe same. The hooks r and or do not 11 old the bag by hooking into thematerial or through it. At their outer ends they point downwardly andoutwardly, and this will allow the bag to be pulled off from the holderwhen great strain is put upon it, that is, strain sufficient to tear thebag. This saves the tearing of the bag and makes the holder verydesirable on that account.

For use upon trucks I form the bows B B into loops B B at about thepoint where the loops u of the wire 0 are placed upon the same. Theseloops B 13 pass over the handles of the truck, and they, in addition tothe hook D, hold the same very securely.

I desire to say that my improved bagholder can be considerably varied inits construction without departing from my invention. The bows B B and C0 might be attached to a wall or support in other ways quitesatisfactorily, although the hook D is the most simple and bestconstruction, and by making each spring strong enough it would beunnecessary to loop the bows 0 around the bows B at u, as shown, butthat construction is quick and convenient and save-s the necessity ofselecting different strengths of spring for accomplishing the purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a bag-holder, the combination ofthe extended spring-wire bows, B, B, with downwardly-pointing hooks, r,'1, formed at the outer ends and looped hook, D, formed at the center;shorter bows,'O, O, coiled aroundthe shank of the hook, D, at the centerand extended along said bows, B, and coiled around the same at a, andextended outwardly and forwardly and formed into downwardly-pointin ghooks, n, n, all coaoting together substantially as described.

2. In a bagholder, the combination of the extended spring-wire bows, B,B, with hooks, r, 0", formed at the outer ends and looped hook, D,formed at the center; loops, B, B, formed in said bows, B, B to engagethe handles of a truck shorter bows, O, O, coiled around the shank ofthe hook, D, at the center and extended along said bows, B, and coiledaround the same at u and extended outwardly and forwardly and formedinto hooks, n, n, all coacting togethersubstantially as described.

3. The combination of spring-bows, 13,13, the outer ends of which areadapted to engage the inside of a sack; and shorter bows, (J, 0,extending parallel with the inner portions of said bows, B, B, withhooks formed thereon which extend downwardly and outwardly to engage asack and hold it in place; and suit able means of supporting the doublespringbows together, as specified.

4. A bag-holder, formed with a centralhook for supporting the same;doubled springwires toward the center thereof coupled together withdownwardly and outwardly pro- 3' eotin g prongs at the ends of thespring-wires to support a bag by projecting downwardly and flaringlyinto the mouth thereof, as specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the'presenceof two witnesses.

MARTIN W. MORTON. [1 s.] lVitnesses:

Mrs. FRED OHAPPELL, MARIAN I. LONGYEAR.

